{"product_id":"framing-the-canterbury-tales-chaucer-and-the-medieval-frame-narrative-tradition-hardcover","title":"Framing the Canterbury Tales: Chaucer and the Medieval Frame Narrative Tradition - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKatharine S. Gittes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA clear emphasis on literary antecedents of the \u003ci\u003eCanterbury Tales\u003c\/i\u003e differentiates this book from most criticism of Chaucer's work. Katharine S. Gittes finds a blending of two frame narrative traditions in the \u003ci\u003eCanterbury Tales\u003c\/i\u003e, one that originated in India and the Near East and the other in ancient Greece. To illustrate this dual literary tradition, Gittes compares Chaucer's work to a selection of pre-Chaucerian frame narratives that influenced his form directly or indirectly, and other narratives contemporary with Chaucer, that, in their likenesses or differences, illuminate the methodology of the Canterbury Tales. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCovering materials written in eight different languages, \u003ci\u003eFraming the Canterbury Tales\u003c\/i\u003e includes discussion of the Indian-Arabic \u003ci\u003ePanchatantra\u003c\/i\u003e, Boccaccio's \u003ci\u003eDecameron\u003c\/i\u003e, Gower's \u003ci\u003eConfessio Amantis\u003c\/i\u003e, and both Eastern and Western versions of the \u003ci\u003eBook of Sinbad\u003c\/i\u003e. Gittes addresses the relationship between the framing stories and the tales, the degree of open-endedness in theme and structure, aesthetic principles, didactic elements, the significance of prologues and epilogues, the travel\/pilgrimmage motif, the function of the narrator, and the degree of characterization in both Eastern and Western frame narratives. An examination of Eastern and Western elements in Chaucer's \u003ci\u003eCanterbury Tales\u003c\/i\u003e reveals the existing tension between the two, and the ingenious way Chaucer responds to and makes the most of this tension. Eastern features include the open-endedness, the random ordering of tales, and the mode of narration; Western elements include the dramatic features, the grouping or pairing of tales, the symmetry and the recurring motifs. In examining different cultural outlooks and a variety of different, non-literary disciplines, Gittes expands the field of Chaucer criticism. Her book will interest students and scholars of diverse cultures and literary periods, as well as Chaucer enthusiasts.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKATHARINE S. GITTES is Associate Professor of English at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. She has published several articles on frame narratives, including \u003ci\u003eGower's Confessio Amantis\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eChaucer's Canterbury Tales\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 184\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 30, 1991\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51754280288544,"sku":"9780313278068","price":144.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/5d951c3e8c5da2745413596de3bf23db.webp?v=1780036990","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/framing-the-canterbury-tales-chaucer-and-the-medieval-frame-narrative-tradition-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}